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Articles - Page 14
- From The Fabricator
How sheet metal fabrication shops can unleash laser cutting profits
- By Brett Thompson, Kevin Cuseo, and Salay Quaranta
- May 24, 2023
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Quoting based on laser cutting time alone can bring in the manufacturing orders—but they also could be money-losing jobs, especially when margins are thin for sheet metal fabricators.
Covering all the pipe fabrication bases with automated welding technology
- By Lincoln Brunner
- May 23, 2023
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
Immediately upon launch, INfab brought automated rotary pipe welding to its fight to stay competitive in the large-pipe fabrication business.
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LISSMAC’s world of deburring edge rounding and finishing
- May 22, 2023
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Lissmac's fiber laser cutting machine SBM-L 1500 G1S is helping customers eliminate production bottlenecks and yield high-quality deburring and edge rounding.
- From The Fabricator
Tips for keeping manufacturing IT systems safe from cybercrime
- By Dan Davis
- May 22, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
Cybersecurity expert Bryce Austin provides guidance to keep metal fabricating and manufacturing companies safe from the growing threat of cybercrime.
- From The Fabricator
Former U.S. Army diver dives into the fine art of metal sculptures
- By Tim Heston
- May 19, 2023
- Arc Welding
- Article
As a U.S. Army diver, Patrick Andrews learned how to assess situations, consider all angles, and even improvise when needed. Turns out, those skills have broad applicability—even in his PSA Custom Creations art studio making metal sculptures.
- From The Welder
Aluminum Etc.: What is military-grade aluminum?
- By Gina Cutts
- May 18, 2023
- Aluminum Welding
- Article
Readers send Aluminum Etc. columnist Gina Cutts questions all the time. In her latest column, she answers one reader’s question about military-grade aluminum.
- From The Fabricator
The virtues of bend simulation for press brakes and helping a shop's downstream
- By Tim Heston
- May 16, 2023
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
If bending is a mess in a sheet metal fabrication shop, so is virtually everything else. That’s why simulating bending jobs before they reach the press brake and the rest of the shop floor makes so much sense.
- From The Fabricator
Signs of a growing business model: Hex Head Art takes wall art to the next level
- By Dan Davis
- May 15, 2023
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Hex Head Art’s 3D wall art, which includes licensed sports team logos, has proven so popular that it needed a new laser cutting machine to keep up with the work.
- From The Fabricator
The living wage gap in metal fabrication
- By Caleb Chamberlain
- May 15, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
Metal fabrication businesses have had trouble finding skilled workers for years. A living wage is part of the solution.
- From The Fabricator
Industry insights to efficient holemaking in metal plate: laser, plasma, or drilling
- By Kate Bachman
- May 11, 2023
- Punching and Other Holemaking
- Article
Three metal fabricators—SCW Contracting Corp., H&H Metals, and Ultratech Tool and Design—share their go-to holemaking approaches and why those methods are the best for their applications.
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabrication industry's great technological transition, cultural balance
- By Tim Heston
- May 11, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
Many new machines shift knowledge from the metal fabrication shop floor to the office, where offline programming and simulation make production much more predictable. But what about shop culture?
- From The Fabricator
How to transform a metal fabrication business in 90 days
- By Steve Jagler
- May 10, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
New owners of CR Industries in Cudahy, Wis., successfully transformed the direction of their metal fabrication shop and business in just three months.
Making the most of tube bending automation in a metal fabrication shop
- By Marion Zickenheiner
- May 9, 2023
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
Keeping up with ever-evolving automotive industry requirements has prompted fischer group to expand its automation capabilities with a series of tube bending cells from the same manufacturer in many company facilities.
- From The Fabricator
Fabricator launches ProFab Alliance to provide shared resources for small shops
- By Tim Heston
- May 8, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
Most metal fabrication shop owners and managers know all about chaos on the shop floor. Indiana-based ProFab (Progressive Fabricator) Alliance would like to make chaos the exception, not the rule, by uniting fabricators under an industry group of a shared management system and philosophy.
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New fiber laser tube cutting system at HK Laser & Systems
- May 8, 2023
- Laser Cutting
- Article
HK Laser & Systems has a new line of Fiber Tube Cutting Systems which serve the tube-cutting industry, including the heavy-duty structural industry.
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